When Does a Fetus Have a Heartbeat? What to Do If My Baby Doesn't Have a Heartbeat? How to Keep the Baby Heart Healthy? For many women, the beat of their baby’s heart will sound similar to the thunder created by galloping horses and hearing your baby’s heartbeat for the ...
One thing to know: The sonographer who does your ultrasound won't be talking with you about the results. While they may point out some things on the screen during your ultrasound (such as your baby's heartbeat, general body parts, and gender) their role is solely to perform the scan an...
Each heartbeat has two phases, systole when the heart pumps and diastole when the heart chambers fill with blood. Blood enters the right atrium from the body via the vena cava. It travels through the tricuspid valve into the right ventricle. A systolic heartbeat sends the blood through the...